eprintid: 11497
rev_number: 13
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datestamp: 2020-04-22 11:00:36
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creators_name: Govindaraj, M
creators_name: Virk, P S
creators_name: Kannati, A
creators_name: Cherian, B
creators_name: Rai, K N
creators_name: Anderson, M S
creators_name: Pfeiffer, W H
icrisatcreators_name: Govindraj, M
icrisatcreators_name: Kannati, A
icrisatcreators_name: Rai, K N
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
affiliation: HarvestPlus, c/o International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC, USA
country: India
country: USA
title: Biofortified Pearl Millet Cultivars offer Potential Solution to Tackle Malnutrition in India
ispublished: pub
subjects: S1.5.1
subjects: ag2
subjects: s2.17
divisions: CRPS2
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Pearl Millet, Malnutrition
abstract: Dietary deficiency of micronutrients (iron, zinc, vitamin A), leading to micronutrient malnutrition or hiden hunger, has been recognized as a widespread food-related health problem, affecting more than 2 billion people worldwide (White and Broadley, 2009; Stein 2010; fao,2015; Darnton-Hill and Mkparu, 2015). This is primarily attributable to lack of affordability and access to diversified diet, such as fruits, vegetables and livestock products. As a consequence, women, children and infants, belonging to the poorer section of society are malnourished. In particular, deficiencies of iron and zinc are widespread, leading to numerous adverse health consequences , as they play a vital role in various physiological body functions.
date: 2020
date_type: published
publisher: CAB International
pagerange: 385-396
refereed: TRUE
book_title: Quantitative Genetics, Genomics and Plant Breeding
citation:   Govindaraj, M and Virk, P S and Kannati, A and Cherian, B and Rai, K N and Anderson, M S and Pfeiffer, W H  (2020) Biofortified Pearl Millet Cultivars offer Potential Solution to Tackle Malnutrition in India.   In:  Quantitative Genetics, Genomics and Plant Breeding.   CAB International, pp. 385-396.      
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11497/1/Book%20Chapter%20MS%20Kang%20ed%3B%20MG%20et%20al.pdf